Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Sheep!!! + giveaways

Year of the Wood Sheep

Thursday February 19 2015 - Sunday February 07 2016

Our day has come...time for all sheep to unite and be smelled! If you wish to accept this quest, we ask that you spread the smell to your family, friends, neighbors and intergalactic pen pals.How, you ask? Based on the qualities of the Year of the Sheep (and yes, we cherry picked the ones we wanted <G>)*the Sheep's creativity will be unleashed. * beauty, art, romance and abundanceShow us your creativity with an abundance of beautiful sheep art. Make a sheep meme, take a pic of a sheep, decorate your dog/rat/cat/horse/kid/ like a sheep, picture of your book/pet/car/food with a sheep photoshopped in, photoshop your face into our logo...sheepify anything and send us a picture. If you give permission, we will feature your art in our side bar through out the Year of the Sheep! The more pathetic or crazy the better! Seriously, we love all 31 flavors of crazy.I know what you're thinking...I'm not artistic, I can't use photoshop... Doesn't matter. We are not judging (okay, maybe a little, but not publicly!). Any and all attempts will win you moonpie points (also called entries) into the big monthly giveaways.

Details on how to do this at the end of the post.

First a little trivia lesson: there may or may not be a quiz at the end (there's not)

What does Wood and Sheep mixed together bring?The Sheep is kind, tender and sympathetic. Sheep are creative and elegant. Because of their softer side, they are symbolic of peace and harmony.

The Year of the Sheep follows a tumultuous Year of the Horse, and heralds a more calm atmosphere. Combined with the evergreen and renewal characteristics of Wood, the Sheep's creativity will be unleashed.

If last year was the Horse's year to gallop and take off, this year will be the year for contemplating and appreciating what has already been accomplished, to think about bringing goodness to others, to take a deep breath and calmly look at what's ahead. A steady path, generosity, and keeping the peace are this year's mantra.-http://www.china-family-adventure.com/year-of-the-sheep.html#.VLaRGyvF-vE

I give you...Bad Wool Rising! I'm sure you remember their hit "Read it to me, one more time"

(put on your favorite song and pretend Bad Wool Rising is playing it)

GIVEAWAYS

The year of the sheep is a year long event! I know, right!? On the 19th of each month we will have a giveaway. With the help of some awesome flock members, authors and publishers we are putting together some fun and unusual giveaways to help spread the smell.

*Shameless plea for stuff: We do have some months that need to be filled, so if you would like to be assimilated into one, let us know!

Special thanks for February's giveaways:

our special banner and other related graphics are courtesy of author Dani Harper!

*Dawn Cavenee made enough Year of the Sheep t-shirts to give one away each month of the year!

What we are giving away for Februrary:There will be two winners:One INT/US winner will get #1 and #2One US winner will get: #3-#6 1. (INT) The tote bag with all the authors from Coastal Magic 2015 (list here). The swag on the bag on the left (but not the blank tote): post cards, magnet, Baaart ornament, Sheep Poo Paper bookmark, dragon food (gummy bears and cinnamon hearts)

How to enter: pay attention because I will only say this once (every month this year)

1. Fill out the rafflecopter for all the basics.

2.The last entry in the rafflecopter is connected to the sheep picture I mentioned in the beginning of the post.

*To be eligible for those entries you must email me a sheepified picture.

*In the subject line put Year of the Sheep and your name. *Let me know if we can feature your picture on the site and if you want your name attached to it <G>.

*Only if you send me something, can you come back and click for those entries (yes, I'll check).

*The cool thing is, you only have to send one picture to be eligible for those entries in all the following monthly giveaways:) If you want to send more than one, please do! You don't get more entries, but you will make our big sheep hearts burst with love.

If this is confusing let me know in the comments and I'll try to explain better.

I am a piggy, it fits. I wish you all a Happy New Sheep year, filled with lots of warm wool and friends. A picture of me with a sheep, I think I need help with that. I have no creative bone in my body, so I will stuck to Reading Romance. That is what I am good at.I love the prizes, I really do.

I am a Water Ox, and it totally fits (and I've been hit with a double dose of obstinance as I'm a Capricorn according to Western astrology). I'd gift Baaart to my maamaa, who has a collection of stuffed sheepies (her family nickname is "Lammlein," which is German for "cute little lamb"). Bovids abound in my ancestry!

It appears I am the first SHEEP to reply…yay! I will get on my sheep art pronto and give you something sheep wooly…yeah, that really didn't work out as we'll as it sounded in my mind, it was supposed to be a play on worthy…win some/lose some….my husband is a rabbit, they say we are 90% compatible…we're not speaking at the moment…so there you have that! Have fun with the sheepathon!oh, and ps…I promoted your blog on a recent hop and I have a lucky winner who followed your every social media available…her prize is a book. So since you don't have your own book, I'm allowing her any book she saw reviews for on your site…just fyi!

I am a rat. Not unloved by some. I am supposed to be: Imaginative, generous, successful, popular, and curious. SO a little bit maybe.If I had a Baart of my own I would put him over my desk on a shelf to stare at me like a Baaart on a shelf.

If you win Baaart what will you do with him? - My niece Mackenzie thinks everything I have is the coolest. So we will play sheep games and she will demand that everything have sheep on it for a year or so....

I fit my chinese year sign as I am loyal and friendly. In case you haven't guessed I'm a dog. I wonder if that makes me a sheepdog? As for Baart I'm not able to win him (Int) so have made no plans. Mind you I might one day crochet his evil twin for company :D